Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday:
SOCCER
Premier League
Manchester City v Manchester United (1900)
MANCHESTER, England - Fourth-placed City go into the derby with a one-point advantage over United, who are chasing down the final Champions Leaugue qualification spot and have gone 23 league matches unbeaten.
Reuters sports schedule at 0600 GMT on Thursday:
SOCCER
Premier League
Manchester City v Manchester United (1900)
MANCHESTER, England - Fourth-placed City go into the derby with a one-point advantage over United, who are chasing down the final Champions Leaugue qualification spot and have gone 23 league matches unbeaten. (SOCCER-ENGLAND-MCI-MUN/, expect by 2100 GMT/5 PM ET, by Simon Evans, 400 words)
CONCACAF Champions League final
A late goal from Franco Jara gave Pachuca a 1-0 win over Tigres on Wednesday and helped the Mexican side to their fifth CONCACAF Champions League title with a 2-1 aggregate victory. (SOCCER-CONCACAF/FINAL, moved, 400 words)
MOTOR RACING
Russian Formula One Grand Prix
SOCHI, Russia - Ferrari's Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel and his Mercedes title rival Lewis Hamilton meet the media ahead of Sunday's fourth round of the season. (MOTOR-F1-RUSSIA/ (PIX, TV), expect by 1400 GMT/10 AM ET, by Alan Baldwin, 400 words)
We will also have stories from around the paddock
NFL
Talent in droves at NFL draft
The three-day NFL draft, the biggest event of the offseason, kicks off with the Cleveland Browns having the first pick from a group loaded with defensive talent but also expected to form a running backs class that could go down as one of the all-time greats. (FOOTBALL-NFL/DRAFT, expect by 0200 GMT/10 PM ET, 500 words)
TENNIS
WTA Tour, Stuttgart Grand Prix
Sharapova continues comeback after doping ban
STUTTGART, Germany - Maria Sharapova faces fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova in the second round of the Stuttgart Grand Prix after her first win a day earlier following the end of her 15-month doping ban. (TENNIS-STUTTGART/WOMEN (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 2030 GMT/4:30 PM, 400 words)
ATP Tour, Barcelona Open
Nadal and Murray in third-round action
MADRID - Home favourite Rafa Nadal faces Kevin Anderson while world number one Andy Murray plays Feliciano Lopez in his first match of the tournament after his second-round opponent Bernard Tomic pulled out injured. (TENNIS-BARCELONA/, expect by 1300 GMT/9 AM ET, by Joseph Cassinelli, 250 words)
GOLF
European Tour: Volvo China Open
Levy the early leader in China
BEIJING - Frenchman Alexander Levy surged into an early lead at the European Tour's Volvo China Open on Thursday with a stunning nine-under 63. Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal is hot on his heels after shooting 64 at the Topwin Golf and Country Club.(GOLF-EUROPEAN/ expect by 1000 GMT/6 AM ET, 350 words)
PGA Tour: Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Team format debuts as tour experiments
In an effort to spice up an event that falls at a bad time in the schedule during a post-Masters lull, a new format will be used for the PGA Tour event. Eighty two-man teams will play alternate-shot foursomes in the first round and four ball (better ball) in the second round at TPC Louisiana, before the cut for top 40 is made and the menu is repeated over the weekend. (GOLF-ZURICH/, expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, 350 words)
CRICKET
ICC board approve rollback of 2014 'Big Three' decision
MUMBAI - The International Cricket Council (ICC) board has voted to pass a new financial model to reverse the 2014 decision which effectively put India, England and Australia in control of the game's finances and administration. (CRICKET-ICC/GOVERNANCE, expect by 0630 GMT/2:30 AM ET, 400 words)
NBA
Late charge puts Boston over Chicago
Isaiah Thomas scored 11 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter, leading Boston on a late surge that put the Celtics in command of the game and back on top in their first-round playoff series with a 108-97 victory over the Chicago Bulls. (BASKETBALL-NBA-HIGHLIGHTS/, moved, 400 words)
NHL
Two games in West kick off second-round of postseason
The second round of the National Hockey League playoffs start with two games in the Western Conference, the Nashville Predators at the St. Louis Blues, while Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers visit the Anaheim Ducks. (ICEHOCKEY-NHL-HIGHLIGHTS/, expect by 0700 GMT/3 AM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 400 words)
BASEBALL
Rockies try to build on good start
Aaron Judge socked a two-run homer, and Luis Severino tossed seven scoreless innings as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-1 at Fenway Park. (BASEBALL-MLB-HIGHLIGHTS/, moved with update to follow, by The Sports Xchange, 900 words)
NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS
Roundups of off-field developments in the major North American professional sports leagues. (expect by 0000 GMT/8 PM ET, by The Sports Xchange, 500 words)
CYCLING
Tour de Romandie
Felline leads heading into stage two
Italian Fabio Felline holds the overall lead heading into stage two, a 160.7-km trek from Champery to Bulle. (CYCLING-ROMANDIE/ (TV), 300 words) (Asia desk editor: Peter Rutherford)
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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